3 version of the K70 by Corsair? Wha...? whats the difference?

[haiimbacon]

Hey! 

 

So checking out the K70 on amazon  , saw 3 different versions - and i can't really pinpoint whats different, hopefully you'll be able to help me;

 

Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Mechanical Keyboard

Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB Mechanical Keyboard

Corsair Gaming K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE Mechanical Keyboard

 

So...whats happening there , whats the difference? any features? hardware? or only visual?

 

 

Thank you! <3

[magnumkobra]

the links are to the same exact  page. 

[magnumkobra]

wait im stupid 

[magnumkobra]

the main difference is with the type of swiches being used and with the rapid fire it is had less travel in the key presses.

[haiimbacon]

2 minutes ago, magnumkobra said:

the main difference is with the type of swiches being used and with the rapid fire it is had less travel in the key presses.

so....What makes the "lux" luxious? :U

[paps511]

3 minutes ago, haiimbacon said:

so....What makes the "lux" luxious? :U

Looks like the font of the keycaps

[magnumkobra]

there are two different lux models, one is cheaper and is not rgb, the other more expensive one is rgb and has different keys

[dizmo]

2 minutes ago, haiimbacon said:

so....What makes the "lux" luxious? :U

If you look at the Corsair product page it lays it all out.

The Lux has bigger type on the keys, a USB pass through, and it's cheaper.

 

The regular version has smaller type, but per key back lighting.

[Kleever]

This has been asked various times already, but to recap, the one you want is the LUX. It's the newest K70 model and features an updated LED controller and a USB pass through. The Rapidfire is the same thing as the LUX in terms of features/hardware but features the new Cherry MX Speed switch.

[Aytex]

16 minutes ago, haiimbacon said:

Hey! 

 

So checking out the K70 on amazon  , saw 3 different versions - and i can't really pinpoint whats different, hopefully you'll be able to help me;

 

Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Mechanical Keyboard

Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB Mechanical Keyboard

Corsair Gaming K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE Mechanical Keyboard

 

So...whats happening there , whats the difference? any features? hardware? or only visual?

 

 

Thank you! <3

K70 LUX and origional RGB have broken LED controllers meaning they flicker when using the whatever million color shit

The rapidfire however has Fixed LED controllers, as does the Strafe RGB

the rapidfire also has most faster switches

[givingtnt]

17 minutes ago, magnumkobra said:

the links are to the same exact  page. 

EXACLY

 

[givingtnt]

3 minutes ago, Kleever said:

This has been asked various times already, but to recap, the one you want is the LUX. It's the newest K70 model and features an updated LED controller and a USB pass through. The Rapidfire is the same thing as the LUX in terms of features/hardware but features the new Cherry MX Speed switch.

woaaah there

usb passthrough has ALWAYS been there.
my k70 non rgb has it

[Kleever]

1 minute ago, givingtnt said:

woaaah there

usb passthrough has ALWAYS been there.
my k70 non rgb has it

 

Yeah sorry about that, I was referring to the RGB models. The original K70 RGB doesn't have a USB pass through, the LUX RGB has one. 

[givingtnt]

1 minute ago, Kleever said:

 

Yeah sorry about that, I was referring to the RGB models. The original K70 RGB doesn't have a USB pass through, the LUX RGB has one. 

ooh

[dizmo]

13 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

EXACLY

 

Not really. They link to different variants of the keyboard. You've never used Amazon?

[Guest Zakb2809]

The Standard k70 Rgb is the original k70 Rgb, the Lux is a slightly updated version with a more 'gaming' font and the rapidfire has Cherry MX Speed switches (which activate faster than reds).

[dtaflorida]

LUX - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux

 

Appropriately named since they fixed the LED controller so this version has REAL 16.8 million colors. The old standard had controllers that could only get to 512.

 

There is no point at all in getting the non-RGB LUX model... complete waste of an update.

 

The rapidfire also uses the new controllers.

[alfa42]

The new font on the LUX model is something like love and hate across the Internet xD. Many people love it, and others hate it.

 

Personally I'm a little bit torn between the LUX and the normal model. Fixed LED controller and the USB pass-through is a MUST, but I prefer more the normal font